• BIRTH 05/02/1948
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 20
  • MOVIES 51
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Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; February 5, 1948) is an American actress. In a career spanning more than 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema in several genres, including westerns and comedies. She began acting at age 17 in 1965 but did not achieve much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses".

Hershey won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries/TV Film for her role in A Killing in a Small Town (1990). She received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Magdalene in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and for her role in The Portrait of a Lady (1996). For the latter film, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival for her roles in Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988). She was featured in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), for which she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Garry Marshall's melodrama Beaches (1988), and she earned a second British Academy Film Award nomination for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010).

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Shows (20)

Once Upon a Time (2011)
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Cora / Queen of Hearts
2011
The X-Files
The X-Files
Erika Price
1993
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Caroline Hubbard
1989
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Cora Mills
2013
Beacon 23
Beacon 23
Sophie
2023
Damien
Damien
Ann Rutledge
2016
Kung Fu
Kung Fu
Nan Chi
1972
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
Francesca Alberghetti
1994
The Invaders
The Invaders
Beth Ferguson
1967
Paradise Lost (2020)
Paradise Lost (2020)
Byrd Forsythe
2020
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Jessie Dean
1985
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
1953
Return to Lonesome Dove
Return to Lonesome Dove
Clara Allen
1993
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Dinah Hubbard
1964
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda
Contessa Maria Alcharisi
2002
The Monroes
The Monroes
Kathy Monroe
1966
Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life
Saro-Jane
1965
The Mountain
The Mountain
Gennie Carver
2004
The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral
Moonfire
1967
A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid
Madelaine
1979

Movies (51)

Insidious
Insidious
Lorraine Lambert
2011
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 2
Lorraine Lambert
2013
Black Swan
Black Swan
Erica Sayers / The Queen
2010
Falling Down
Falling Down
Beth
1993
Strange Darling
Strange Darling
Genevieve
2024
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
Glennis Yeager
1984
11:14
11:14
Norma
2004
The Natural
The Natural
Harriet Bird
1984
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ
Mary Magdalene
1988
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady
Madame Serena Merle
1996
The Manor
The Manor
Judith
2021
The Entity
The Entity
Carla Moran
1983
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters
Lee
1986
Riding the Bullet
Riding the Bullet
Jean Parker
2004
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Violet Drax
2016
Beaches
Beaches
Hillary Whitney Essex
1989
Swing Kids
Swing Kids
Frau Müller
1993
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
Celia Hoover
1999
Hoosiers
Hoosiers
Myra Fleener
1986
Tune in Tomorrow...
Tune in Tomorrow...
Aunt Julia
1990
Splitting Heirs
Splitting Heirs
Duchess Lucinda
1993
The Pallbearer
The Pallbearer
Ruth Abernathy
1996
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
Boxcar Bertha
1972
Lantana
Lantana
Valerie Somers
2002
Shy People
Shy People
Ruth
1988
Last of the Dogmen
Last of the Dogmen
Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
1995
9 Bullets
9 Bullets
Lacey
2022
The Baby Maker
The Baby Maker
Tish Gray
1970
The Public Eye
The Public Eye
Kay Levitz
1992
A Dangerous Woman
A Dangerous Woman
Frances
1993
A World Apart
A World Apart
Diana Roth
1988
Tin Men
Tin Men
Nora Tilley
1987
Hunger Point
Hunger Point
Marsha Hunter
2003
Take This Job and Shove It
Take This Job and Shove It
Jane Margaret ("J.M.") Halstead
1981
You and Me
You and Me
Waitress
1975
A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid
Madelaine
1979
With Six You Get Eggroll
With Six You Get Eggroll
Stacy Iverson
1968
Heaven with a Gun
Heaven with a Gun
Leloopa
1969
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Older Anne Shirley
2008
Outer Space
Outer Space
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Answers to Nothing
Answers to Nothing
Marilyn
2011
The Last Hard Men
The Last Hard Men
Susan Burgade
1976
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Pursuit of Happiness
Jane Kauffman
1971
Defenseless
Defenseless
Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller
1991
Paradise
Paradise
Elizabeth Paradise
2004
The Staircase
The Staircase
Mother Madalyn
1998
A Killing in a Small Town
A Killing in a Small Town
Candy Morrison
1990
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Nella Mundine
1970
Left to Die
Left to Die
Sandra Chase
2012
The Stranger Beside Me
The Stranger Beside Me
Ann Rule
2003
Sunshine Christmas
Sunshine Christmas
Cody Blanks
1977

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